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Sampling in the hip hop era has made for a lot of cogent connections..say, Common using a Gil Scott-Heron track. But DJ's search for the perfect beat has led to some interesting, kooky, non-sequitorish stuff. Like, fer instance, Kraftwerk, not only being sampled by Miami Bass producers, but actually being the bedrock foundation of all the 2 Live Crew et al's music. I don't know if the guys in Kraftwerk knew their music would launch 100,000 pole dances, but they probably do get a chuckle, if not a few scheckles for the publishing. I recently came across a hip hop song that digs pretty deep in the sample department. Can you name the original artist and song? Answer In Comments

I plead massive ignorance to the ouevre that is Death Row. I know the hits and pretty much thought the beats were almost exclusively derived from 70's funk tracks. By the release of this 2005 Kurupt track I had pretty much forgotten all about Death Row. Now I may have to flip-flop, just to see what else producer Sir Jinx has in his crate. For Stalkin' he pretty much lifts, note for note, a huge chunk of a record that is not normally associated with The 'hood. Turns out the sampled track has also been used by UNKLE, Pharcyde, and Spacek, so I guess when I put it on a mix tape next to a Livsavas track, I wasn't as smart as I thought. Good stuff and definitely another reminder to me to keep my ears open.